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At the end of September I took myself and my sketchbook on a day trip to London. I wandered around the area roughly between Fenchurch Street Station and Spitalfields. Christ Church Spitalfields is a couple pf minutes walk from Spitalfields Market. I’d never visited the market before and I don’t think I need to go back. Maybe it was because of the lack of people in these times of the corona virus but it didn’t have the atmosphere that I was expecting… I dunno..
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Walking back towards the Thames I suddenly caught sight of the One Poultry building and I’ve wanted to sketch that for a while. It is such a quirky building in all its Postmodern splendor! And speaking of quirky, how about that name/address? One Poultry!
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The Shard and other buildings on the south side of the Thames. I had to do this sketch really quickly because it had turned pretty cold and windy at this point. I like the energy of it! Because when you have to sketch fast, there’s no time to second guess yourself, just put stuff on paper!
The spot where I did this sketch is right next to Tower of London and it was pretty eerie being there.
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This is the entrance to Tower of London. Normally this would be pretty busy with tourists, even on a windy September afternoon. But of course this is 2020 so nothing is normal! I think I saw two or three people going in to see Tower. It really puts things into perspective in a way that we don’t really notice out here in the ‘country’.
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Another sign o’ the times. A guy on a Tube train, NOT wearing his mask properly. On a train where people are pretty close together! It really winds me up!
I love your blog and creative process. Beautiful colour and movement in your art. I haven’t sketched in ages; this has inspired me! :-) xx
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